Henry christophper weeke



(-No Model.)

H'. C. WERKE.

' BIKE.

No. 396,446. PatentedJaJn. '22 1889.

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HENRY CHRISTOPHFER VEEKE, F ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,446, dated January 22, 1889.

Application tiled November 6, 1888. Serial No. 290,101. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, l-IENRY CHRISTOPHFER VEEKE, of the city and county of St. Charles,

' and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Dike, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of' this specification, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding part-s in all the figures.

Figure lis a broken trout elevation of a dike made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same on line .fc a: of l, and Fig. 3 is a broken plan View.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

My new dike is constructed on partly a floating frame, A, gradually sunk by the weight of the dike as the construction continues. The said floating frame is anchored by lines a2 a2 and piles c c', or other means, and is composed of the timbers a aand crosstimbers Z) l), firmly secured together.v

d d are barrels or other tloats lashed tothe frame A. Upon the frame ortloatA is placed a thick layer, B, of matting, composed otl rails, brush, poles, willows, or other similar material. Transversely to the layer B, and upon the same, is a layer, (l, of the same or like material as layer B, and so on, till the dike is from two to four feet above the water. These layers are lashed to the frame A by wire e and timbers I) D. On the timbers D of the float is built an inclined trest-le, E, to reach above high-water mark, composed of A-shaped frames E and the front horizontal timbers, E2 E2, securely fastened to the said end frames.

E3 is a horizontal. timber at the back of the end frames, E. The bars E2 support the close layers F of rails, brush, willows, or poles held in inclined position and bound to the bars E2 by wires f and outer clamp-timbers, E.

At the bottom of the rails,brushes, willows, or poles F are lashed upon the layer C of rails, brushes, willows, or poles, a bundle, G, of wil- The trestle-frames E are each constructed l with tables E, on which stones are to be placed to hold the trestle down and in place.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A dike comprising a Heat-frame, layers of poles, brush, willows, or rails thereon, trestle E, and inclined front layer, F, of poles, brush, willows, rails, or other similar material, substantially as described.

2. The float-frame A and opposite layers, B C, of poles, brush, willows, or rails, in combination with a trestle, E, and inclined layer F, of poles, brush, willows, or rails, substantially as described.

The trestle E, built upon layers of poles, brushes, rails, or willows, and a iioat-frame,

and formed with shelves E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The float-frame A, layers BC thereon of poles, rails, brush, or willows or other material, and the trestle composed of A-shaped end frames and the front bars, E2 E2, in combination with the layer of poles, brush, willows, or rails F, bound to the bars E2, subst-antially as described.

5. The Heat-frame and layers of poles, brush, rails, or willows thereon and the trestle-frame and inclined poles, willows, rails, orv

HENRY CHRISTOPHFER WEEKE.

Witnesses:

LoUIs H. BREKER, WILLIAM F. BLOEBAUM. 

